Head-Roc is an American hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artist from Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

. As an independent musician, Head-Roc has gained most of his fan base through live performances, self-promotion and activism. He has been integral in the D.C. Statehood

D.C. Statehood

The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state. Statehood would give the citizens of Washington, D.C. full representation in the United States Congress and full control over their own local affairs.Full statehood for D.C...

 Movement and outspoken on issues of racism

Racism

Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...

 and neglect of communities of color in the United States.

Career

Head-Roc started out as a solo act in 1993. In 1994 he became a founding member of the D.C. Area hip hop group Infinite Loop. He later joined the group Three Levels of Genius with whom he opened for notable acts like Run-DMC and A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...

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In 2004 Head-Roc produced his critically acclaimed debut solo album The Return of Black Broadway following it up a year later with the also critically acclaimed album Negrophobia! for which he toured the East Coast of the U.S.

In recent years Head-Roc has employed his good friend Jarobi White

Jarobi White

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 formerly of A Tribe Called Quest to manage tours of the West Coast in the U.S. and Europe. He has also fathered a child, Jahmilia, with co-contributor, Miss Speak, who he calls his top advisor

Political views

Head-Roc's political views are made very clear in his lyrics. His choice to operate without record companies has allowed him to express many unadulterated views in his music. Singles like "Speak to Us" and "Enough!" express strong views on racism. Songs like "T.H.O.D. (The Hypocrisy of Democracy)" and "Chris Columbus" talk about the white-washing of history in America and express his views on how history text books misrepresent history. He has also expressed views on the need for the liberation of the Palestinian people

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

, the evils of imperialism

Imperialism

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 and corporate globalization

Globalization

Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...

, and the importance of music in growing political movements.

Head-Roc advocates for the D.C. Statehood Green Party

D.C. Statehood Green Party

The D.C. Statehood Green Party, also known as the D.C. Statehood Party, is a political party in Washington, D.C. The party is the D.C. affiliate of the national Green Party, but has traditionally been involved primarily with issues related to D.C. Statehood...

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